Double Standards
Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. He was sentenced for the killing 148 people in the Shia town of Dujail.
I am furious. Not because his punishment is unfair, he probably is guilty of crimes against humanity. It is the double standards of our western civilized world that make me sick. Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair and so many others before them (let's not forget the USSR leaders) participated in the slaughter of many more than 148 people, and no one ever accused them for crimes against humanity.
Yes, Saddam is a criminal. But so is Bush.
And the only punishment Bush will ever receive for his political and environmental crimes against humanity, is lose the elections.
Saddam will be hanged.
I am furious. Not because his punishment is unfair, he probably is guilty of crimes against humanity. It is the double standards of our western civilized world that make me sick. Mr. Bush, Mr. Blair and so many others before them (let's not forget the USSR leaders) participated in the slaughter of many more than 148 people, and no one ever accused them for crimes against humanity.
Yes, Saddam is a criminal. But so is Bush.
And the only punishment Bush will ever receive for his political and environmental crimes against humanity, is lose the elections.
1 comment:
Nice one Philip, really a nice one...
I've read in the paper today that poor George Walker is not feeling so well these days. Apparently, Bush-the-born-again-Christian who had said adieu to the-devil-in-the-bottle has started to drink again and is being forced by his wife (who by the way is rumored to want a divorce) and by the White House staff to undergo alcohol treatment...
And some words on double standards: The European Union has adopted the philosophical/cultural/legal position that capital punishment is an infringement of human rights. The discontinuation of capital punishment is among the Copanhagen criteria which every EU member state is required to satisfy. So, capital punishment is "legally" a value that is incompatible with the professed norms and values of what we refer to as modern Europe. Yet, by deciding to impose the death sentence on this failed dictator - who has without doubt committed crimes againts humanity - the Iraqi state is also committing a crime against humanity by infringing the (human) rights of this individual called Saddam Hussein. Yet, do we hear any EU politician complaining about it? Do we witness a sudden uproar within the EU demanding that the sentence be changed immediately to imprisonment for life? Do we hear any concrete attempt by the advocates of democracy to prevent this anti-democratic deed? The answer of course is a big, bold NO.
Nice one Philip, really a nice one...
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